Hi Charles.

15-Nov-03 14:08:02, Charles Angelich wrote to Paul Rogers


 CA> 1237db808462 tech

 CA> Hello Paul -

 WC>>> Hey did you catch that PBS documentary on quantum physics that
 WC>>> unifies all the forces strong, weak and gravity as Einstein was
 WC>>> unable to do?

 PR>> Not quite "unifies".

 CA>>> All 'math' is not really math. Mathematics is the only pure
 CA>>> science with all others being based on estimates and 'best
 CA>>> guess'. I am just guessing that what the PBS program was
 CA>>> referring to was calculus and that is not technically 'math'.

 PR>> Actually it was more about topology

 CA> As I had said in the deleted portion of my reply, I did not see
 CA> the PBS program but was making an educated guess as to what they
 CA> were covering. 'Topology' would be even less of an exact 'science'
 CA> and less mathematical in the pure sense.

so it's closer to set theory than arithmetic it's still mathematics,
an exact science, there's still no room for interpretation.

 CA> Topology is sometimes referred to popularly as "rubber-sheet
geometry" because
 CA> a figure can be changed to that of an equivalent figure by
 CA> bending, stretching, twisting, and the like, but not by tearing or
 CA> cutting."

so distance and shape aren't at issue... topology deals with issues
whare those quantities are unimportant.

 -=> Bye <=-

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